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Phete was. nothing‘ bold or unâ€" \' y inâ€"her speech. It was utâ€" ed in ‘the sweetest and most emâ€" frassed way, but she could not let 6 Tan‘ she‘ loved with her whole i go from her for want of a little Bouragement, when her heart was ea ‘ ‘so strongly for him. :'; had loved . her. betore, he red her then. She seemed to have aWh into play every élement in h,-f)‘tur:e. He forgot their surâ€" mindings, forgot that they were in k*mt of day, where a thousand‘ z might be upon them; buti, Wing himself closer to her, he r‘ there at her side, holding ‘hand closely, his eyes fixed upon #s with burning excitement. E:n know that 1 adore you!" he Nd, his face. Aushed, his eyes brilâ€" ant: under their passion. "I have IWikys revered women without beâ€" eving that I could ever love; but M the first moment that I saw wl knew that my heart had gone ‘he Lady of _ _ _ _â€"~Beaufort Park â€" Bave Unnecessary ~Expense in Telephoning fou allow me to expose iny Oh,â€"Duchess, when .& -gni J love you, the hardest thing | ‘God‘s heavens is for him to $illent, no matter how strongly. lay ery out against it." eyes fAashed back to his; the 7 not vanished from . her Mps; the happiness of her exâ€" caused a little cry of rapâ€" escape him. ‘ re was never any honor that : against the honest love of #,"~she repliied, bending slightâ€" t_flrd him. "If you think that of money could ever make mrfla to me, or my parents !_think there is anything that E ever infpence me against a But just his own conduct, you ie me incorrectly. and unjustly, ‘like the Puritan maiden, Pris . When John Alden pleaded to wof Miles Standish. ‘Speak for self,;Jaln,: and don‘t allow the lént of financial difference to the kappiness of life." \"*He‘s not in his office just now !" How often have you put in a call for â€" say Mr. Brown "‘of the Robinson Machine Company â€" and when conâ€" k. on was made, learned that he was out? fi you not command me toforever out of my keeping. I have *" he asked with curious, wished to go away, because I have Why :do you not send me|felt that my passion was hopeless. I i allow me to expose my|have felt that there was not the t Oh,.â€"Duchess, when.a man|slightest chance that my love could I love you, the hardest thing ever meet with reciprocation, and ‘I pd‘s heavens is for him to| have tried to conceal it, that you int, no matter how strongly| might never dream of_my presump»â€" ay ery out against it." tion; but 1 have toved too madiy for res flashed back to his; the|that. Tell me that you are not ofâ€" d not vanished from her|fended, Duchess! Tell me that I did ps; the happiness of her exâ€")not understand the tenderness . of caused a little cry of rayâ€" your heart when you sp.ie to ine sscape him. \but now! Tell me that I am indeed ) was never any honor that 1 John Alden, and that my punishment t against the honest love of will not be banishment for having ‘she repliled, bending slightâ€" spoken, but that you will give me the d him. "If you think that|Same answer tnat Priscilla gave to D at wanav annld avar make|him when I ask you to be my wife!" Cw ’__,_’L:"‘T‘,:\\\ w § 24 c e M > \ > \‘; ,“‘ . 'i, * ky 4e s /. mm ia\. Y /+# asked for Mr. Brown, it cost you ‘rm,mmzm_m Ij,, ‘wfl‘m had asked simply for the : Machine s . p arity of Long Distance users find that if they t ‘:-mm-m---,»mrwmmmâ€"-.t io 'fi ntc.tbumm"l:t_ e particular person cemmenli d l :CO uit + tX BY WENONA. GILMAN grade household soap. \OF & s am‘t Cannt} on hers, as though he. feared its withdrawal. © He pressed his lips upon the deliâ€" cate pink of her palm, holding it there, though his eyes were still upâ€" She hesitated a moment; then, with the dreamy smile still hovering upon her lips, she murmured: "You have made nie very happy, Erle!" He was silent. Silent from the exâ€" cess of his own joy; but she ‘under: stood, and a little rippling laugh floated from between her lips. " Idon‘t know what to sgay to you,"l he whispered. "I never ;*:::ed that such etstasy could be d â€" this side of heaven, You are quite sure that you have not déceived yourself? Think what it would he ‘to me if, after all, you should awaken to the fact that you were mistaken, that it was not I you loved, but abimaginâ€" ation; that it was not I who had won your heart, but an ideal that you had fancied I filled. In the name of pity and of God, Duchess, make sure of your own heart before you answer me! Make sure that there is nothing under the sun of heaven that could ever turn you heart from me, and then tell me if you will be my wife. There is no language that could ever tell you the depth of my love, there are no words that could ever convay to you the truth and tenderness of my absolute devotion, «& jhis heart‘ to ‘bursting, he rained self and; kissed her upon "the: vesist the temptation, to ‘bold. her Then â€"a. terible suffocation . came cwarâ€"With He thought of the thme ‘even there ‘under the itree . ately, with his !ips almost touching the little whellâ€" like ‘sar." "Swesteit duplicity, his treachery, aNG: & TMS "You are qulte sure ‘that it 1: ‘rue®"*he whispered again passionâ€" own good fortuné.â€" ‘Buppose, Duchâ€" ese~that some time you would dis cover that I am mot what I seem, would you still love me*?" Phere is nothing that could‘ ever take my heart . from you. Erie. (Once given, it is like an iâ€"revocable She could have said rothing "to him that would have been more reâ€" essuring, nothing that would have ‘have so well satisfied . his doubts. He knew that had there been the barrier of eternal disgrace between them he would still haye made her lhz- wife.. His love was his religion. He worshipped her and she told him PRA ncE P F F past. (It can never be recalled. And you can measure my love by your to mu-urio’ her love by his own Surely it .was enough! . "Then you are mineâ€"iry OWn!_ heâ€"orted joyously. "I can scarcely believe in my own happiness, It goes beyond that of a god. Mine! Virginia, my own, kiss me." . CHAPTER Â¥L Loydâ€"Mos#yn‘s Revenge. The wedding festivitics were : in progress at Beaufort Park. The tastes of both the contracting parties inclined toward quict, so that there was little ? the bluster and noise usually consequent upon such an event. . The nuptials were to take place in the little church, after the manrer of Episcopalian weddâ€" ings in general, ‘with but & single maid of.honor, and a best man, to be followed by a reception at Beauâ€" fort Park, given to the better. class of the people: who had been the nelighbors of the family for yeAP® . St. John Beaufort had * ubjection to the marriage a# ’{t‘f‘h sidered Lilford Loydâ€"MosÂ¥R: a" perâ€" fectly capable judge of who was‘ §Jt husband for the heiress of Beaufort Fark: There was no other evidence required than Loydâ€"Mosty®‘s unsipâ€" ported word, and it never oecurred to the old gentlieman to even ask that. Tacitly Devereux had recelved Loydâ€"Mostyn‘s stamp of approval and to require more would have seemed to Mr. Beaufort‘ an insult to the bonor of his wife‘s cousin. And Devereux? He lived in a state of heavem; rapture while in the presence of his lovely fiancee, and out of it he sut fered the torture of a lost thing More than once he sought presence, intending to tell her truth, and leave the choice to love, but in her society he lost courage! _ ‘She will forgive me if she is my wife," he told himself, with a horrâ€" ible shudder. "Bhe may censure me at first; but I will win her back again. If I told her now she would «espise me." Before .the eventful day arrived he had begun to show traces of ths mental â€" strain to which he had yielded himseif. He was pale .?h- trait. He started like a nervous woâ€" man at a sudden nolse, He excused himself from meeting strangers lest his acquaintances of former times sbould see and recognizo him. He began to feel That horrible and indeâ€" scribable feeling of one â€"who is fleeâ€" ing from justice, yet the more mis< erable he felt the more closely he clung to the Duchess as though she, and she alone, could contpensate bim for the suffering he had underâ€" He wildly worshipped her. ."othâ€" ing short of that could~describe tha hungry hearted, inhatiable yearning that filled his soul. One moment he held her to bim with a passion that seemed consuming his very life, and the next he seemied to tear himself tram her. as though ho feared his And there was no bird in the tree éplitting its throat in its endeavor mnnminwlum jJoy, that was so happy as she. °* She was proud of having «on his lwve. She revered himâ€"sho adored And Lilford® Loydâ€"Mostyn : looked on and ‘amiled grimly. Hc hated them both as he had never 4reamed it both as he had never ireamed 14 mvmnr_uv_h_u‘muu,nh: or y S ue r her t p reg Wn : a" per "5" :;:&,p,: lite it aÂ¥idence "fi her the her the s«‘ that it went exclugively to herâ€" «a Inct that> would have inspired i confiaénen ot Str Tohn Reavitart with out~ the indoreement of his éonsin: ‘The â€" arrabgements were agreed * up on ‘that. Devereux > and. his bride were to go immiediately to ‘thefar West, and remair for some months, in : an cundertaking > arranged "for Devereux‘s â€" financial: advancement. lA:d then, whether it met with sucâ€" to *Beaufort. n The wedding was sweetly:simple: It occurred â€"at the church at eight o‘clock in the evening. The récenâ€" tiin fullowed immediately and the twain were to leave on the morning *But it will only be for a, little while, dear!" she returned conscience stricken that she should be so happy in the plan that deprived ber of her purents, with whom all her life had "I don‘t know how 1 shall live without you, my darling!" Mr. Beauâ€" fort exclatmed to his ddughter; hold ing her against his breast. "1 do not grudge you your happiness but I do mgn sincerely pity my ownâ€"loneâ€" "I know that," he. replied sadly "I would not prevent your going evâ€" en it I could; but it will be. ver dreary!.There! Run awayâ€"and find vour lover. for the lest few minutis before he becomes your huysband. L.am a brute to make you sa dupon your wedding day!" zaf ‘ P He sighed ag she obeysd ‘Him, aâ€" tributing his‘ depression to het early departure, and she‘ found D@vereux cutside the door. . J "I do believe there are téars in‘ your eyes, my aweet!" He exciaimed taking her into his arms and lerding her to an adjoining room. "Is there regret in your heart, my Duthsss? be&r 1s, it Would be mich petter that it should not go on, even at this Lite hour. Remember how hard it is aÂ¥en"where" there is a whole world of love in the heart, and don‘t risk Hl'.j ufiless you know that your whols ‘wou!l is irrevicably min!" 2 P._.m.dmm.-.-\" y PA s CCR CC ELh Tw PAE * Theer was an agony in his voice that she could not fail to hear, a quivering about the lips that to‘"d her more eloquently of nis love than any words could have done. _ 3h= saw that the bare thought was exquisite torture to him. She lifted herself in his arms and kissed him. ‘"Thai is a sure pledge of iny un: dying: devotion!" she said, softly. "Except my fathers, no iarn‘;s lips have ever touched mine, save yours, and none ever shail.. Oh, Erie, you should rot doubt me dear, for great as your love for Ahe is, and I read it in your every act and thoughi, mine for you is greater. Yoi believe me, do you not?" "I should go mad did I not. Dear est, should theer ever comeâ€"a time when you are tempted to withdraw it from nie, thrust a dagger in my heart ai the same moment that you tell me. One would take only my life, but the other would destrcy my He opened his arms, watched her smile with that delicious fhereduiâ€" ity, and let her #o from him: He shivâ€" tred as the door closed upn her. "It is too late t otell her now," be muttered, his heart seeming to close wer the thought ‘with a. sort of snap. "Oh, God help me! ‘if sha should discover now." A great gasp arose to his throat. could searcely e;llfd and ‘ Hysteriâ€" cal desire to sob, and it was ‘with the greatest relief that se sw‘ St. jJohn Beaufort ‘entering ‘the room. Doctors Give Up His: Case of Eczema Wonderful recovery of a ver© sich man the answer for it ‘was whispered mwn the . eold, . haughty with her lips on his. â€"And then the } Laok ‘upon: the dovely face. carriage came to a standstil . He It was no longer that of fright or lifted her out tenderly, and togeâ€"hâ€"‘o‘ wounded love, but only stern reâ€" er. they house was already well filled. t . It seemed to the Dichess thatâ€"+1} the Nappiness her careâ€"free life had ever known could not have equalled How proud she was of the mag~ nificent man béeside Her! She was proud of hbils breeding, ard of his standing in the Old World where she was some day to meet his friends, and then she was aware of a c4 lous e s o e o e e e i i ts He ‘must have been satiafied with |toilét were already begun, ‘but she A man came up to congratulate her, a man whom she never rememâ€" ‘bered to have seen before, but she was too happy to think of that. She gaye him her hand and then slie saw him turn to her busband. ¢ Sbe saw ths man whom.she had married turn as white as desth; ahe saw him stagger, and a fim like that which follows dissolution gather beâ€" fore the eyes that she thqught che bandsomest she had ever seen. The strange mamâ€"who bad canâ€" gratuited her .drew back, a heavy frown contracting his brow. His eyél contained the gleam of a !c ocious canine‘s. ‘What are you doing hars in the: house of a gentleman" he exclaimed "I wonder if old St. John Beaufort knows that he is harboring that acâ€" complice of a > murderer, Erie Childes, who is an exilefrom his own State because the charge o‘ murder remains against him a charge _nlpudod in Devereux, out as the last words left the man‘s lips ha took a step forward and seized him by the throat. .Quicker than thought Lifford Loyd Mostyn ~ «prang forward . to ths strange man‘s ‘assistance and Devâ€" ereux was recalled to himself by feeling the weight of his w:ex hand tpon his arm. ‘Think what you are doing, Erie" she cried excitedly. ‘"The man is a lunatic!" . "I am not a lunatic!" excigimed that wever can be disproven?" ?| "Where . is he?t" . she s id Un ndi Lc s the stranger. "That man is Erle Childes, the brother . of Haro« Childes, who was hanged in Wheelâ€" ing, West Virginia, for the murder of my brother, Ralph Breckenridge. That man was accused of being an accompliceâ€"a crime. of which he could never prove himself innocent. If you doubt my word, ask Lilford Loydâ€"Mostyn here. . He knows all the truth." Devereux dared do nothing. â€"It had dawned upon him in some unâ€" explained way, perhaps from the expression _ of Loydâ€"Mostyn‘s face, that he was the cause of it all;. that the hideous . plot was one of th : beliéved to be his friend.. and Loydâ€" Mostyn stood there with that frightâ€" ful sneer, looking straight into his cousin‘s eyesâ€"those great terrified mfi-, um might have caused him some remorse had he been less than . Virginia â€" glanced from her busâ€" band‘s working face to that of her cousin. ._"My threat of . vengeance cowj not frighten you, could=it?" he said kept my word, The man you have married is what this man has told you. .If you (doubt. it, ask Brie Devereus Childes himeelf." 4 Very.â€"slowly she turned her gare upon. her kusband. ‘Then without a word she fell at. his féet, . happily \mmmmmut-‘: HWideous disgrace that hai fallon ep CHAPTER VIL .. * "lr.m\nlfifl"‘"‘“ receive him, madam.‘ & .‘ The Duchess sat ~up is her bei her long hair falling about her in wreat loode Curis,: like those <of & some cecape from the hideous josâ€" iton in which‘ she found hefself She stretched ont : her the closed, his #3 to bs seeting. to ‘have ceased~*o act. but she staggered as she saw Deversn for the first time\since her marrtiage ~A. feow> minutes: afterward, ~Wilh the coldness df death in â€"her heart. the: Duchess descended .the stairs and entered: the lbrary: a Lo It seemed as though ages of seared suffering had passed over him: There were great lines in his brow, lines of agony that no power, could crase, His lips were. blus. Acold moisture rtood about his mouth. No words ever could picture theâ€" representaâ€" tion that he appered of mental «oâ€" He took one step toward her then something in her expression warned him. He became even a ghade paler, pressed his iand over his breast,<as though to calm th: repellion in his soul, then sighed as It was a moment before he could speak, but when he did his voice was quiet, though filled with an ¢xâ€" pression that she never did and neâ€" ver could forget. "Duchess,‘ he said gently, "your father has rent me to you to s3e what your ‘desire is in this unforâ€" tunate matter, Iâ€"I scarcely know what to sayâ€" in ‘defense ot myself, for I realize but too well that there is nothing that could make the terrible wromg I have dome to you appear in a more favorable light. I tave no wish to shift the bla~ which is al} mine upon the should: ers of anothér; I should have had the courage <to resist temptation like a man, but1 loved you too well w thifk of that. My love was selâ€" fish, I grant you, but all love is that where it is so boundless as mine. I shall attempt to make you no apology for the wrong I have done you, because it would seent but inâ€" sult. I did it because I loved you too well to resist the temptation And now that I have put thig te.rible: stain ~upon your lflo‘ now. that 1 have stamped myself like a scounâ€" drel and have freighted your life with a hideous humiliation, I an: ready to do what 1 can to repair the wrong. What is it to be, Duch: ess? You have but to speak to exâ€" act obedience from me!" How different his words were from those he had intended to say! He had meant to plead. He had said to hiniself{_ that if he could ‘measure her love by his own," *hat he could surely move her to forgive him; but there was something in the white faso that forbade all thought of that. Hope had died, and died hard. 2 She stood before him with her hands clasped before her, her lips eulvering under the restraint she was putting upon }ursol!. Somohow she, too, had hoped; and with a wail in the voice that not even tho power ‘of pride could conquer, she exclaimed: ; ":t is all true, then?" "Yes," . he . answered softly, "It is all true. <1 do not attempt to make a dénial. â€"It is too: late for th it now. My most unfortunate brother was hainged, for a crime of which I was afterward accused; but badly as‘I have treated you, Duchéss, I do not think that 1 have need to assure.you that ! was innocent." She shiveredâ€"that slow, frightfal wpaln. . :. _ _ .~.| setzed‘ her by the arm tr se ws. neveress" cont 3 will| 15 hoog t w "" * him .Asthe. HUbrary as $008. 28) * m1, io poss uet the â€"eold, . haughty and with the horrible slowness of 4 m flicted death the cruel ‘answer £6l }enced [ from her fipe: § Kingsi that?" me eanived ~ma: anceâ€"â€"why > notâ€"AZain=| anfivs Aav Do you think that 1 had not rather you had killed me?". _ . /. .. / . He staggered as though under, a tlow his hand falling from her arm with appealing helplessness. _: <> "Perhaps I should not have Said that,‘ she cried huskily, "but you have only yoursgif to blame. : What have I ever done to you that y+1 should have selected me to visit so berrible a punishiment: upon? I nev guest. â€".You. ¢ame hereâ€"as.an.imâ€" postor. By your own acknewledgâ€" ment ~ you borrowed ~not alone & name, but the family representations that gave you standing.in the homes of decency. You were false in every particular. â€"<Why should .1 believe you now? Was your innocence o(i that crime :ever proven‘"" ; Very slowly the agonized quivarl ing jof his face had. céased. and a sioniness <like that of the ~marbls A’p’ollo came over him. . He folde : His armsecalmly upon his chest. "My innocence was never proven,‘ ke réturned, hoarsely. but calmly.. . She threw out her hand with au guished : depreciation. to believe? . You deceived me while I trustedâ€"you; you betrayed my fac her while you partook of his hospi: tality,: while you held. the hand of his friendship in yours.. Why should â€" I trust you? Is the man who is capâ€". able of doing that one to be trustâ€" ed? Lilfori Loydâ€"Mostyn knew. well. enough where to apply to find some one to carry out his. loathsome reâ€" venge upon me. You consentedâ€"t. it with little care for the girl whom you were about to betray. Yo . want the monmey he promised. The disgrace you were to bring upon aa innocent family made little differâ€" erce to you. I confess that you are a good actor, in that you have catâ€" ried out so successfully the line of conduct he mapped out for you. You ecncelved the idea for yourself, n. doubt, that I loyed you so well that 1 would forgive you anythinâ€"but in that you erred.â€" How much monâ€"v do you require to leave.the coun‘ry never to return?. RASPBERRIES (Expertmental Farms Note.) At this season of the year continuâ€" ous cultivation of the «raspberty plantation should be practised, nt‘ least, up until the time the ripe fruit is hanging on the canes. | During this, season of the year: wome attention will need to be paid to insect control, occasionally . the raspberry sawfly will cause considâ€" erable damage to the foliage and when noticed can be controlled by the use of arséhical sprays, such as arsenate of lead or arsenate of lime, used‘ at the rate of two pounds of the powdered form to forty gallons of water, and sprayed on the bushâ€" es, A couple of thorough sprayings will generally suffice to control this pest, Every year there are nfuimerous f& quests from growers, asking why the tips of their young canes are wilting. Upon close exarmination it will be seen that the cane has been girdied at the point where it has commenced: to wilt This is the work of the rasp berry cane borer and when : this wilting is frst noticeable is the time to institute control. Cut well below the wilted portion and destroy the ”wumh\lfl“m‘h over remove the old tanes by cutting them off close to the ground, and deâ€" stroy them. This ‘giyes the new canes a better chance and assists in insect out portion. If these are not removâ€" ed the youry Jurvae,: hatching M: u...puunm-w-"mm‘ Wuuss qna aama andâ€" practically <deâ€" stroy . it. Farm, Ottawa. saw youâ€"in my life ulltfl you wANTB TREATIES RATIFIED â€" it is understood, has decided to The Farm (To be Continued.) June 19.â€" Central Experimental MR +a mba.} "Is it of Dercham in 1903," th 191 his home in ‘Tillsanberg, 1e wife, and went to live somew the West. Later on the doctor to Minnesota; ard without his ‘\lnm‘vlodn secured. a divorce defence claitmed that she ha properly served with notice, I Service never received any, vorce was granted on the #ro cruelty and :degertion. He r to Tillsonburg, â€" and â€" resum was married 1A Detroit to a M mon of Toronto, and with her ‘ ed to TillsonDUrg. & DB. J. J. 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